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Read MoreThe feast is only the feast because of the host.
Read MoreThe table is prepared. Let us keep the feast.
Read MoreA faith that takes the cross as its central symbol cannot accept the status quo.
Read MoreWhat is it that you need to say “no” to so that you can say “yes”?
Read MoreI do not believe that God causes suffering. Instead, I believe that God is more powerful than suffering, capable of transforming it for the sake of God's desires.
Read MoreThe church is supposed to see those whom others have stopped recognizing.
Read MoreAnd Christians never discriminated against anyone ever again. #sarcasm
Read MoreWe can be evangelists for gluten-free diets or yoga or our favorite technology. But an evangelist for Jesus?
Read MoreMost things in life have their Jerusalems, their peak moments. But there’s whole lot of Galilee, of normal, on either side.
Read MoreWhen we give boost to spiritual meaning, we risk doing so at the cost of material truth.
Read MoreThe goal is to be the crowd, living in the city, and moving between the two with clumsy grace.
Read MoreOur acts of compassion should be as natural as breath.
Read MoreAmerican Christianity seems confident that being a Christian has very little to do with Church.
Read MoreWe have to learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Read MoreHeaven is not a meritocracy.
Read MoreThe injury may heal; but depending on how deep the cut, there will always be a scar.
Read MoreWhen there’s no shrine, there’s no need to stay put.
Read MoreThere's nothing to lose, except our guilt, in bringing it all before God: our triumphs and failures, our certainties and doubts, our wonder and horror.
Read MoreIn other words, blessed are those who don’t feel particularly blessed.
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